This was the first lense I bought when I bought the K7 body only, but as I quickly acquired others this has remained in the bag for too long perhaps. So this afternoon I thought I'd run it through it's paces to see what it could do ........ I was surprised, despite having a very useful range it also offers 'macro' from 0.34 metres (about 13") and shots came out reasonably sharp with very little CA / Purple fringing in high contrast areas. Colours seem really good too. It is also light and compact. I really should use this more - it could be an excellent street lense !

I have applied absolutely zero PP, except for cropping, on these shots.

Like you said they look good enough and I guess it would make a great walk around lens. For that reason I got me a tamron 18-200 a while back and never have regretted it. I allways take it with me, even when it makes no sens.

Not sure if you were using manual or auto focus, but the point of focus seems a little soft in some of the images. Without checking the EXIF for each image, can't tell what focal length each one was in, so not sure if this is just a result of the extreme long/short side of the lens.

Thanks Ronny, I think you are right, I'll have to carry this around more.

Thanks Ash. - I'm sure it was me since I think all were in MF except for the tennis ball and the last 3 shots. My eyes are just not that great I'm afraid and I seem to front focus - I'm looking at focusing screens to help me with that particular problem.